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Deval Patrick and Julian Castro were capable opening acts for First Lady Michelle Obama's return to the stage at the Democractic National Convention. Here's a look at some of the key moments from the first night in Charlotte.

Update at 5:45 p.m.: Democrats just voted on the convention floor to amend their platform to include a reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The new language reads: "Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.”

Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown on Wednesday called it “confusing and a little bit troubling” that the Democratic National Committee omitted language from the Democratic Party platform affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The Weekly Standard first reported Tuesday that the platform made no mention of Jerusalem. Democrats had removed the language written in their 2008 platform, stating: “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.”

The Democratic platform does include language expressing an “unshakable commitment to Israel’s security” and detailing Democratic President Barack Obama’s support for Israel through military aid, defense cooperation and opposition to attempts to delegitimize Israel on the world stage.

Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, but Palestinians have contested Israeli control of East Jerusalem. The final status of parts of Jerusalem has been the subject of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The U.S. has always kept its embassy in Tel Aviv, despite repeated pledges by politicians of both parties to move it to Jerusalem. Obama spokesman Jay Carney said this summer that the administration’s position is that the status of Jerusalem should be decided in final status negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Brown, speaking to reporters at Excel Academy Charter School in East Boston, said, “Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. And we have resolutions that have been passed in Congress stating that.”

Brown said he “wasn’t quite sure why” the Democrats would change their platform. “It sends a terrible message,” Brown said. “Israel is our strongest ally in that region and I think, one of our stronger allies in the world. They need to know we will be standing beside them especially in dealing with Iran.”

Democrat Elizabeth Warren, who is scheduled to speak Wednesday night at the Democratic convention, has said she believes Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Her campaign declined to comment on the Democratic platform.

On Tuesday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney criticized the change. “It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” Romney said. “Four years of President Obama’s repeated attempts to create distance between the United States and our cherished ally have led the Democratic Party to remove from their platform an unequivocal acknowledgment of a simple reality.”

The Republican Jewish Coalition bought a full-page print ad, which will appear in the Charlotte Observer Thursday and in Jewish newspapers in several swing states. The ad asks, “What is missing from Obama’s 2012 Democratic platform?” and details the language on Jerusalem and additional language relating to Hamas and Palestinian refugees.

The Wall Street Journal and others have pointed out that Republicans also had a line in their 2008 platform stating, “We support Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and moving the American embassy to that undivided capital of Israel.” That line was also removed in 2012.

National Jewish Democratic Council President David Harris said in a statement, “Jewish Democrats know full well that Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. We -- like President George W. Bush before and leaders of both parties for decades -- also know that the final status of Jerusalem will have to be formally decided by the parties.”

At the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Robert Wexler, a former Democratic congressman from Florida and president of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, delivered a speech praising Obama’s record on Israel. According to his prepared remarks, Wexler talked about Obama’s policies of increasing security assistance to Israel, funding the Iron Dome missile defense system, defending Israel at the United Nations and imposing sanctions on Iran.